Suzanne Smalley reports: Over the course of the last week, 118 class action lawsuits were filed against data brokers who allegedly failed to respond to requests from about 20,000 New Jersey law enforcement personnel asking to remove their personal information from the internet. New Jersey law prohibits the disclosure of home addresses and unpublished telephone…
US military notifies 20,000 of data breach after cloud email leak
Zack Whittaker The U.S. Department of Defense is notifying tens of thousands of individuals that their personal information was exposed in an email data spill last year. According to the breach notification letter sent out to affected individuals on February 1, the Defense Intelligence Agency — the DOD’s military intelligence agency — said, “numerous email…
HC3: Analyst Note: Akira Ransomware
February 7, 2024 TLP:CLEAR Report: 202402071200 Executive Summary Akira ransomware is a relatively new ransomware gang that has demonstrated aggressive and capable targeting of the U.S. health sector in its short lifespan. U.S. healthcare organizations are advised to follow the steps in this alert to minimize their risk of attack. Overview Akira ransomware was first…
Rhysida ransomware decryptor publicly released
Laura French reports: A Rhysida ransomware decryption tool has been publicly released and detailed in a preprint paper by South Korean researchers Friday. The Rhysida decryptor takes advantage of a vulnerability in the ransomware’s encryption process, enabling the process to be reverse engineered to recover files. The researchers from Kookmin University and the Korea Internet…
Cyberattack shuts down Colorado public defender’s office
Shelly Bradbury reports: A cyberattack on the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender forced the agency to shut down its computer network, locking public defenders across the state out of critical work systems and prompting attorneys to seek delays in their court cases. Office spokesman James Karbach confirmed the breach in a statement Monday,…
20+ hospitals in Romania hit hard by ransomware attack on IT service provider
Graham Cluley reports: Over 20 hospitals in Bucharest have reportedly been impacted by a ransomware attack after cybercriminals targeted an IT service provider. As a consequence medical staff have been forced to use pen-and-paper rather than computer systems. Romania’s National Cybersecurity Directorate (DNSC) said in a statement that the attackers encrypted hospital data using the Backmydata ransomware…